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Brian Shilhavy, editor of Health Impact News, has just published a new book:

The New Child Abuse Pediatrician: Doctors become Prosecutors

The book is a compilation of over 5 years of research and publishing on MedicalKidnap.com, part of the Health Impact News network, covering the topic of Child Abuse Pediatricians, and their role in medical kidnapping.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Going to the Children’s Hospital? Bring Your Lawyer.

  • New Pediatric Sub-specialty Appears to Correlate with Recent Epidemic of Medical Kidnappings
  • New Pediatric Sub-specialty: the “Child Abuse Pediatrician”
  • Children’s Hospitals Build Entire Teams focused on Child Abuse
  • Child Abuse is Not A Medical Diagnosis, but a Legal Accusation
  • Multiple Ethical Concerns for Child Abuse Specialists and Teams
  • “Defensive Doctoring” Leading to Families Wrongly Accused?
  • Child Abuse Pediatricians a Self-fulfilling Prophecy?
  • Video Surveillance Violates Privacy Rights, Heightens Antagonism
  • Families Irreparably Damaged, Reputations and Jobs Lost, Children Emotionally
    Devastated

Chapter 2: Child Abuse Pediatricians: An “Ethically Bankrupt” Profession that Destroys Families

  • Child Abuse Pediatricians: An “Ethically Bankrupt” Profession that Destroys Families
  • Child Abuse Pediatrics: The “Science” of Arrogance
  • High Risks for Hurting Families: Ambiguous Clinical Situations Lead to Accusations
  • Medical Child Abuse Numbers on the Rise
  • Child Abuse Pediatricians – Ethically Bankrupt
  • Arrogant Disregard for Specialists
  • Multiple Conflicting Roles of CAPs Strain Objectivity
  • Discounting Community Professionals Who Know the Family
  • Misplaced Trust: Other Professionals Abdicate Responsibility
  • Pseudo-Science of “Shaken Baby Syndrome” Demonstrates Flaws in Child Abuse Pediatrics
  • Child Abuse Pediatrics and SBS – Riddled with Biased Opinion, Flawed Science
  • “Religiously Fanatic” Pediatric Professionals Resist New Findings
  • Uneven Distribution of SBS Cases Nationwide Demonstrates Unequal Justice
  • Accountable to No One – No Legal Recourse for Innocent Families
  • Searchable Database of State Child Abuse Programs by State

Chapter 3: Pediatric Child Abuse “Experts” are NOT Experts in Anything

  • Defense Lawyers, Prosecutors Spar over Hospital’s Agreement to Help Prosecute Cases
  • The Agreement Explains Things
  • Child Abuse Doctors – Working for the Prosecution
  • Ethics Concerns in Child Abuse Investigations
  • Child Abuse “Experts” – NOT Experts in Anything
  • Finding “Child Abuse” Motivated by Funding, not Actual Abuse
  • Many Innocent Parents Accused by Child Abuse Doctors
  • Conflict of Interest Should Be Disclosed
  • Social Workers and Judges Duped by Child Abuse Specialists
  • Shouldn’t Child Abuse Specialists Be Required to Read “Miranda Rights” to Parents?
  • Outside of the Corrupt Family Court System, Judges are Increasingly Throwing out Child Abuse Convictions if Opposing Medical Testimony is Not Presented at Trial

Chapter 4: Child Abuse Pediatricians: Exposing Their Role in Medical Kidnappings to the Public

  • We The People

Chapter 5: Elite Medical Doctors Seek to Control the Media and Public’s Perception of Child Abuse Specialists

  • The Helfer Society Wants to Educate Media
  • More on the Helfer Society Agenda
  • Shaken Baby Syndrome
  • Policies Serve to Endanger, Not Protect, Children

Chapter 6: Has the U.S. Become a Medical Police State? How Doctors Deny Due Process to Kidnap Children Through CPS

  • “The Battered-Child Syndrome”
  • Other Medical Conditions Rejected by Kempe and His Followers
  • Circular Reasoning
  • CPS Established as Result of Doctors’ Assertions
  • There Has Never Been Complete Consensus with Child Abuse Doctors’ Interpretations
  • Using X-rays to “Prove” Child Abuse
  • Conclusion: How Much Longer will Society Allow Doctors to Have the Power to Kidnap Children and Destroy Families?

Chapter 7: History of Shaken Baby Theories Exposed: How an Elite Group of Pediatric Radiologists Started Medical Kidnapping in the 1940s

  • Dr. John Caffey Established His Breed of Doctors as “The Experts” in Child Abuse –
    in the 1940s
  • Caffey’s Junior Assistant Discovers “Unrecognized Skeletal Trauma”
  • Dr. Edward Neuhauser
  • Exclusive Group of Pediatric Radiologists Is Formed
  • Society Gives Rise to “The Battered-Child Syndrome” Landmark Paper
  • X-Rays Have Never Told the Whole Picture
  • It Goes Back to Funding and Power

Chapter 8: Attorney: Child Abuse Pediatricians Aligned with Child Protective Services Destroy Innocent Families

  • Reforming the Use of Child Abuse Pediatric Teams in Child Protective Case
  • Introduction
  • The Rise of Child Abuse Pediatrics and Alignment with State Authorities
  • Wrongful Convictions Raise Questions
  • Addressing Legal and Ethical Issues

Chapter 9: Legal Experts: Shaken Baby Diagnosis Leads to “Destruction of Families Beyond Anything Comparable in the Modern History of the American Justice System”

  • Losing in the courts, the medical system is trying to fight back

Chapter 10: American Academy of Pediatrics’ Failing Shaken Baby Syndrome Diagnoses: Use Tyranny When Science Fails

  • General Consensus Does Not Equal Proof or Fact

Chapter 11: Vaccine Induced Scurvy and Shaken Baby Syndrome

  • Scurvy and Vaccination
  • The history of vaccines causing scurvy.  Many parents falsely accused of inflicted injury—the infamous shaken baby syndrome

Chapter 12: World Renowned Neuropathologist has Career Destroyed for Disproving Shaken Baby Syndrome

  • World Renowned Neuropathologist has Career Destroyed for Disproving Shaken Baby Syndrome
  • Other Professionals Agree with Dr. Squier – Consider SBS Theory “Junk Science”
  • Are the General Medical Council Members Qualified to Rule on SBS, or Was This Simply a “Witch Hunt”?
  • Supreme Irony: Dr. Squire to Receive “Champion of Justice Award” from 69
    Organizations Around the World
  • Parents Exonerated from Crimes they did not Commit Speak Out

Chapter 13: Dr. Squier Wins Appeal but Banned from Telling the Truth in Court about Shaken Baby Syndrome

  • Dr. Waney Squier Wins Her Appeal but Banned from Telling the Truth in Court
  • Over Three Hundred Doctors, Scientists and Lawyers Write Letter of Protest
  • Dr. Squiers’ Win Tinged with Sadness
  • Never Question Authority
  • Three Leading Pathologists Accuse Police of Smear Campaign

Chapter 14: Common Childbirth Practice Could Lead to Later False Diagnosis of Shaken Baby Syndrome

  • Pitocin
  • Cytotec and Other Risks for Brain Injury
  • Even Normal Birth Can Result in Shaken Baby Symptoms
  • Medical Heresy to Question Shaken Baby Doctrine
  • Circular Reasoning
  • Once Abuse Is Mentioned, Doctors Stop Looking for Other Causes
  • More Information about Shaken Baby Syndrome

Chapter 15: Study: Shaken Baby Syndrome Diagnosis Lacks Scientific Evidence – Leads to False Accusations of Child Abuse

  • SBS Diagnosis Lacks Scientific Evidence
  • Shaken Baby Syndrome as a Diagnosis
  • A Typical Scenario
  • Increased Awareness of Criteria for Diagnosis of Abuse
  • Diagnosis of Child Abuse Varies by Region
  • While Accusations Increase, Fewer Parents Are Shaking Babies
  • Tens of Thousands of Innocent Parents May Be Incarcerated for False Accusation of Abuse
  • See stories of families impacted by allegations of Shaken Baby Syndrome:
  • More Information about Shaken Baby Syndrome:

Chapter 16: Study: In 96% of Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases Analyzed Infants Had Metabolic Bone Disorders

  • Causes of Brittle Bone Disorders
  • Child Abuse Pediatricians: A Medical Profession Dependent on Finding Child Abuse

Chapter 17: New Proposed Federal Law Would Make it Easier to Medically Kidnap Children by Doctors

Chapter 18: Exposing How Child Abuse Pediatricians Medically Kidnap Children: A Guide for Parents

  • Trapped, Like a Dolphin in a Net
  • Risk Factors Identified by AAP
  • Military Service Targeted as “At Risk”
  • Explanations that Trigger Abuse Suspicions
  • Injuries that Trigger Abuse Suspicions
  • Once a Doctor Says Abuse, They Stop Looking for Medical Causes
  • Irony – AAP President Says Separation Is Abuse

The book is an eBook and can be purchased for immediate downloading here.